Czech Republic

LGBTI Rights in Czech Republic


ADDED ON: 05/06/2023

Czech Republic considers removing ‘barbaric’ trans sterilisation law, but prejudices persist

Czech lawmakers have launched a proposal to remove the sterilisation requirement for legal gender transition, but progress to lift society-wide prejudices is slow. The Czech Republic is one of the few European…

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ADDED ON: 04/14/2023

OPINION: Six months after the brutal terrorist attack on a gay bar, nothing has changed in the Czech Republic or Slovakia

Krystof Stupka is a member of the Czech Government's Committee on LGBTQ+ Rights - Every time I go back to that tragic night, my hands tremble with a mixture of sadness and rage. It…

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ADDED ON: 04/11/2023

Hands off our children, Hungary tells Czech FM amid anti-LGBT law dispute

Keep your hands off the Hungarian children, Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tamás Menczer told Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates, Greens/EFA) who expressed his regrets that the Czech government will…

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ADDED ON: 02/14/2023

Czech Republic Soccer Player Jakub Jankto Comes Out as Gay: ‘I No Longer Want to Hide’

Czech Republic soccer player Jakub Jankto has announced he is gay. The athlete, 27, posted a candid video on social media on Monday. In the video, Jankto introduces himself before he says,…

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ADDED ON: 11/01/2022

Czech MP comes out as gay after Slovakia LGBTQ+ bar shooting: ‘Society is being radicalised’

A Czech Republic MP has come out as gay in the wake of an apparent anti-LGBTQ+ shooting in neighbouring Slovakia. Jiří Navrátil discussed his sexuality and his experiences as a gay man…

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ADDED ON: 10/27/2022

Thousands rally in Prague to honor two slain Slovak gay men

PRAGUE —  Thousands rallied in the Czech capital Wednesday to honor two Slovak gay men shot dead this month outside a bar in Slovakia, and demanded better protection of LGBTQ people and their families. The…

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ADDED ON: 06/09/2022

Czech president Miloš Zeman vows to block same-sex marriages if approved by parliament

Czech president Miloš Zeman has said he plans to veto proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples the right to get married in the country. The measure, which was drafted by lawmakers…

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CZESLAW WALEK — PRAGUE PRIDE

Prague Pride is an NGO based in the Czech Republic (also called Czechia) which strives to make a safe environment where LGBTI people can be themselves. Alturi’s Joel Klausler recently spoke with…

ADDED ON: 02/12/2022

LGBT rights in eastern Europe: explaining financial benefits makes a big difference to people’s views – new findings

Across eastern Europe, it’s still very difficult to pass laws and policies designed to advance LGBT inclusion. With LGBT+ History Month underway, some Ukrainians are worried that their country’s fragile progress in…

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ADDED ON: 02/06/2022

Meet the 23 Gay Women Competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off its razzlin’, dazzlin’, flipplin’, slidin’ 16-day event with a fireworks-heavy opening ceremony this morning in Beijing, and if you’re anything like us, you’re cheering for Team…

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ADDED ON: 02/06/2022

Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia: NGO reports that LGBT+ Roma face discrimination from their own families as well as majority societies in these EU Member States

In the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, counsellors are helping LGBT+ Roma deal with multiple discrimination, according to research recently published by ARA ART, an NGO that has long focused on LGBT+…

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ADDED ON: 07/03/2021

Czech Mental Health Institute launches initiative to help transgender people cope with anxiety, depression

Transgender people are those whose gender differs from the sex they were born with. Suicidal tendencies and inclination for self-harm appear in up to half of the transgender people who are clients…

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